John Legend

John Legend - Legend was born John Roger Stephens on December 28, 1978, in Springfield, Ohio. He is one of four children of Phyllis (née Lloyd), a seamstress, and Ronald Stephens, a factory worker and former National Guardsman.Throughout his childhood, Legend was homeschooled on and off by his mother. At age four, he performed with his church choir. He began playing the piano at age seven. In 1987, when he was nine, his parents divorced. At the age of twelve, Legend attended North High School, from which he graduated four years later.Upon his salutatorian graduation, Legend was offered admission to Harvard University and scholarships to Georgetown University and Morehouse College.^[9] He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied English with an emphasis on African American literature. John Roger Stephens better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He has won nine Grammy Awards. In 2007, Legend received the special Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Prior to the release of Legend's debut album, his career gained momentum through a series of successful collaborations with multiple established artists. Legend added his voice to those of other artists, assisting in them reaching chart-topper hits. He lent his voice to Magnetic Man's "Getting Nowhere," Kanye West's "All of the Lights", on Slum Village's "Selfish" and Dilated Peoples' "This Way". Other artists included Jay-Z's "Encore", and he sang backing vocals on Alicia Keys' 2003 song "You Don't Know My Name", the Kanye West remix of Britney Spears' "Me Against the Music", and Fort Minor's "High Road". Legend played piano on Lauryn Hill's "Everything Is Everything". He has also gained chart topping hits from his solo work as well, including the Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, "All of Me".

 

album: "Get Lifted" (2004)  

Prelude
Let's Get Lifted
Used To Love U
Alright
She Don't Have To Know
Number One
I Can Change
Ordinary People
Stay With You
Let's Get Lifted Again
So High
Refuge (When It's Cold Outside)
It Don't Have To Change
Live It Up

album: "Once Again" (2006)  

Save Room
Heaven
Stereo
Show Me
Each Day Gets Better
P.D.A. (We Just Don't Care)
Slow Dance
Again
Maxine
Where Did My Baby Go
Maxine's Interlude
Another Again
Coming Home
King & Queen[International Bonus Track]
Out Of Sight[International Bonus Track]
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood[International Bonus Track]

album: "Evolver" (2008)  

Green Light
It's Over
Everybody Knows
Quickly
Cross The Line
No Other Love
This Time
Satisfaction
Take Me Away
Good Morning
I Love, You Love
If You're Out There
Floating Away[iTunes Bonus Track]
Set Me Free[iTunes Bonus Track]
Can't Be My Lover[European Bonus Track]

album: "Wake Up!" (2010)
(with THE ROOTS)

Hard Times
Compared To What
Wake Up Everybody
Our Generation (The Hope Of The World)
Little Ghetto Boy (Prelude)
Little Ghetto Boy
Hang On In There
Humanity (Love The Way It Should Be)
Wholy Holy
I Can't Write Left Handed
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
Shine

album: "Love In The Future" (2013)  

Love In The Future (Intro)
The Beginning
Open Your Eyes
Made To Love
Who Do We Think We Are
All Of Me
Hold On Longer
Save The Night
Tomorrow
What If I Told You? (Interlude)
Dreams
Wanna Be Loved
Angel (Interlude)
You & I (Nobody In The World)
Asylum
Caught Up
So Gone[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track]
We Loved It[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track]
Aim High[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track]
For The First Time[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track]

other songs:

A Million[from "About Last Night" soundtrack]
Love I've Never Known[from "Red Hot + Rio 2" compilation]
Motherless Child[from "Hope For Haiti Now" compilation]
Someday
Tonight (Best You Ever Had)[from "Think Like A Man" soundtrack]
Who Did That To You?[from "Django Unchained" soundtrack]